Overflowing Handbags

Nevertheless, we feel for women who always have to carry around a handbag. Especially handbags that are full to the brim or overflowing.

That’s a lot of stuff to carry around.

A Pilot Pen Australia survey of almost 1500 women has shown this to be a big problem.

It found that Aussie women spend 81 days in a lifetime searching for things in their handbag.

Only 4 per cent of women said they knew where to find everything in their bag.

About half of those surveyed described their bag as cluttered.

A third admitted their bag was disorganised and 14 per cent conceded their bag was chaotic.

A handbag designer suggested the problem was that many handbags don’t have enough pockets and places for everyday items.

No prizes for guessing that this particular designer believes it has the solution to this problem.

Now there are several theories on why women’s handbags become cluttered.

One female colleague suggested part of the problem was men giving their girlfriends and wives stuff to mind.

We’re not sure if that’s true. But we shouldn’t be sexist. After all, this is the era of the metrosexual and the manbag. However, we have no evidence to suggest that overflowing manbags have become a widespread problem.

But we have seen men’s wallets overflowing with cash, credit cards, loyalty cards, receipts, notes and other paraphernalia.

We believe in a strict four-card policy. None of those loyalty cards for us, thanks very much.

Newcastle Nicknames

The Newcastle Echo Facebook page has been running a survey about the “correct spelling for the shortened version of Newcastle”.

Options included Newy, Newie, Newey, Newcs, Nooee. They also added the option: “It will always be Newcastle to me”.